Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pachydiscus flexuosus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus flexuosus was named by Matsumoto (1979). Its type specimen is GK.H5877, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pachydiscus flexuosus Matsumoto p. 53 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-3; pl 10, fig 4; pl 12, fig 1; text-fig 4
2015Pachydiscus flexuosus Shigeta et al. p. 119 figs. 5Q-W, 9, 10

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesflexuosusMatsumoto 1979

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pachydiscus flexuosus Matsumoto 1979
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Pachydiscus flexuosus (228937)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan Pachydiscus flexuosus (114478 167905 167906 167908 167909)